Lazuli bunting
Lazuli bunting | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: | Passerina |
Species: | P. amoena
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Binomial name | |
Passerina amoena (Say, 1822)
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Breeding
Migration
Nonbreeding
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The lazuli bunting (Passerina amoena) is a North American songbird named for the gemstone lapis lazuli.
Description
Measurements:[2]
- Length: 5.1-5.9 in (13-15 cm)
- Weight: 0.5-0.6 oz (13-18 g)
- Wingspan: 8.7 in (22 cm)
The male is easily recognized by its bright blue head and back (lighter than the closely related indigo bunting), its conspicuous white wingbars, and its light rusty breast and white belly. The color pattern may suggest the eastern and western bluebirds, but the smaller size (13–15 cm or 5–5.9 inches long), wingbars, and short and conical bunting bill quickly distinguish it. The female is brown, grayer above and warmer underneath, told from the female indigo bunting by two thin and pale wingbars and other plumage details.
Call
The song is a high, rapid, strident warble, similar to that of the indigo bunting but longer and with less repetition.
Distribution and habitat
Lazuli buntings breed mostly west of the
Diet
They eat mostly seeds and insects. They may feed conspicuously on the ground or in bushes, but singing males are often very elusive in treetops.
Breeding
It makes a loose
Gallery
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Immature male lazuli bunting.
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Upper figure, male; lower, female
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Lazuli Bunting Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology". www.allaboutbirds.org. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ISBN 0-395-51424-X.
- ISBN 0-679-45122-6.
External links
- Lazuli bunting species account - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
- Lazuli bunting - Passerina amoena - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
- Lazuli bunting videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Lazuli bunting photo gallery VIREO (with photo of egg clutch)